Centennial Speaker Series to host author Rockwell

Local author Bob Rockwell will present his research and findings in a discussion he's titled: "The Journey of Death, Fort Cummings to Fort Bowie in 1867," at 10 a.m., on Saturday at 119 East Pine Street in Deming.

Rockwell will take you on a trip along what was once called the deadliest stretch of road on earth - the trip from Fort Cummings to Fort Bowie through Massacre and Apache Canyons.

He'll cover the early work of the Mormon Battalion, the Butterfield Trail and its local stations; Cooke's Wagon Road, Cooke's Canyon, Fort Cummings, the Buffalo Soldiers, the Apache, Cochise, Tom Jeffords, and Fort Bowie in his enlightening discussion.

Bob will sign his latest book, "In the Jaws of the Beast," after his presentation.

"In the Jaws of the Beast" is the moving story of a troubled Confederate veteran overcoming his deep-seated hatreds and the prejudices of the times while he comes to grips with the tragic death of his wife and the loss of this son to an Apache raiding party.

His spirits are lifted when he teams up with a colored Yankee soldier to find Cochise and his Chiricahua band and retrieve his son.

This timeless story of the bonding of these two men - men from radically different cultures - sharing a common goal and overcoming enormous adversity while healing their old war wounds will captivate you in "In the Jaws of the Beast."

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